Dead Is Better


Notation:
/      =  slide up                        \      =  slide down
~      =  vibrato                         ....   =  palm mute
h      =  hammer on                       p      =  pull off
‘      =  staccato/stop                 /  3  \  =  notes between the slashes
(rest is explained within the tab)                  are triplets

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Tuning:  B-Tuning  B-E-A-D-F#-B

Riff 1   (5/4 time)                               (4/4 time)
-+-------|+------+------+------+-------+-------|+------+------+-------+-------|
---------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
---------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
---------|2------------------------------------|2-----------------------------|
-3-5-3---|2--------------------3-5-3---6---5---|2---------------------3-5-3---|
-1-3-1---|0--------------------1-3-1---4---3---|0---------------------1-3-1---|

Riff 2
(5/4 time)                               End 1  (4/4 time)
|+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
|2-----------------------3-5-3---6---5---|2-------------------2’--3-5-3---|
|0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-3-1---4---3---|0-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0’--1-3-1---|
         . . . . . . . .                          . . . . . .
End 2  (4/4 time)                   End 3  (4/4 time)
|+-------+-------+-------+-------|  |+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|------------------------only----|  |--------------------------------|
|----------------------Guitar-II-|  |--------------------------------|
|2-------------------------------|  |2-------------------------------|
|2---------------2’------3-5-3---|  |2---------------2’--------------|
|0-------0-0-0-0-0’------1-3-1---|  |0-------0-0-0-0-0’--------------|
         . . . .                             . . . .

Riff 3
|+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2-------8~----------------------|--------8---------------3-5-1---|
|0---0-0-----0-0-000-0-0-0-0-0-0-|000-0-0-7---0-0-000-0-0-1-3-1---|
     . .     . . ... . . . . . .  . . . .     . . ... . .

Riff 4 A
|+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|8-----------------------8’------|
|2-------------------------------|8-----------------------8’------|
|2-------------------------------|6-----------------------6’------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Riff 4 B
|+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|8-----------------------8---\---|
|2-------------------------------|8-----------------------8---\---|
|2-------------------------------|6-----------------------6---\---|
|0--------pickscrape-down--------|--------------------------------|

Riff 5
|+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------5---|4-------------------------------|
|2---------------------------5---|4-------------------------------|
|2---------------------------3---|2-----------------------4---5---|
|0-------------------3---2-------|------------------------2---3---|
                                                          .   .       Bridge
|+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|  |+-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |--------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |--------|
|2---------------------------8---|7-------------------------------|  |--------|
|2---------------------------8---|7-----------------------4-5’----|  |4-5’----|
|0-------------------3---2---6---|5-----------------------2-3’----|  |2-3’----|
                                                          .           .
Riff 6
|+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---------------------------2---|--------------------------------|
|2---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
|0---------------3---2-----------|--------------------------------|

|+-------+-------+-------+-------|+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
|2---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
|2---------------------------1---|--------------------------------|
|0---------------3---2-----------|----------------3h4p1h3~--------|


Song Order:
(0:00) – Riff 1 (2x)
(0:13) – Riff 2 (2x) with End 1 and then End 2
(0:25) – Riff 3 (4x)
(0:46) – Riff 4A (1x)
(0:51) – Riff 3 (4x)
(1:12) – Riff 4B (1x)
(1:18) – Riff 5 (2x) and Bridge 3x
(1:40) – Riff 6 (2x) with Solo
(2:00) – Riff 6 (2x)
(2:19) – Riff 2 (4x) End 1 (3x) and then End 3
(2:43) – Riff 3 (4x)
(3:04) – Riff 5 (4x) and then Bridge 7x